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Cairo & Gizathen The Red Seathen Nile & Aswan

9 nights · 10 days · As a couple

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HurghadaSharm el-Sheikh

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  • Day 2 Royal Mummies and Old Cairo: The Museum of Egyptian Civilization and Coptic Cairo · Half day · about 5 hours
  • Day 7 Aswan Felucca to Elephantine and the Botanical Garden · About 2 hours
  • Day 8 Philae Temple, the Unfinished Obelisk and the High Dam · About 4.5 hours
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Cairo & Giza

Days 1–2 · 2 nights
What to know about Cairo & Giza
How long
3 nights recommended. Give Giza and the museum a full day together, then a second day for historic Cairo's mosques, churches and bazaar.
What deserves priority
Pyramids, the Sphinx and the Grand Egyptian Museum.
  • Al-Mu'izz Street

    The main street of the Fatimid court city, where for eight centuries anyone with power built to be seen.

    Open 09:00–17:00 · checked 29 September 2026

  • Ben Ezra Synagogue

    The synagogue whose storeroom kept a medieval community's paperwork for centuries.

    Open 09:00–16:00 · checked 3 September 2026

  • Cairo Citadel

    A medieval fortress above the whole of Cairo, and the seat of Egypt's rulers for more than six centuries.

    Open 08:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026

  • Dahshur

    Where the Egyptians learned how to build a pyramid, by getting it wrong first.

    Open 08:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026

  • Giza Plateau

    Three generations of kings built here; the plateau asks who did the building, and how they lived.

    Open 08:00–16:00 · checked 3 September 2026

  • Grand Egyptian Museum

    A museum whose greatest collections belong to places you can see on the same day.

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    Cairo & Giza

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    • An Egyptian lunch without leaving the museum

      Lunch · 45–75 minutes · Grand Egyptian Museum. Use it between the plateau and the galleries, not after a rushed final room.

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    • The Tanoura show in Islamic Cairo

      Evening · About 90 minutes, plus arriving early · Wekalet El Ghouri, Islamic Cairo. On its performance evenings only, usually a few nights a week; we confirm the night.

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    • The Sound and Light show at the pyramids

      Evening · About an hour · Giza plateau, the Sphinx terrace. Evenings, with sessions in different languages; start times change with the season.

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  2. Day 2Royal Mummies and Old CairoSuggested · Half day · about 5 hoursThe pharaohs built for eternity, and here, three thousand years later, they lie in a new museum on the edge of Old Cairo.See day

The Red Sea

Days 3–5 · 3 nights
What to know about The Red Sea
How long
3–5 nights recommended. Base yourself in Hurghada or Sharm for the reefs. Cairo is a short flight away, and Luxor makes a fine overnight from Hurghada.
What deserves priority
Snorkelling, diving and genuine rest.
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  1. Day 3Travel to The Red SeaFlight option: about 1 hour by air to Hurghada or Sharm El Sheikh. Allow extra time for airports and transfers.See day
  2. Day 4A free day in The Red SeaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  3. Day 5Another free day in The Red SeaOpen for us to plan with youSee day

Nile & Aswan

Days 6–10 · 4 nights
What to know about Nile & Aswan
How long
4–5 nights recommended. Temples by day and the river between them: choose a boat by its name and its hours ashore, and the Nile does the rest.
What deserves priority
A cruise or dahabiya, Philae and time in Aswan.
  • Aswan High Dam

    The monument that ended ancient Egypt's calendar.

  • Edfu Temple

    The temple of Horus, whose walls are a library turned outwards.

    Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026

  • Elephantine

    A granite island at the first cataract, where Egypt used to end.

    Open 08:00–16:00 · checked 3 September 2026

  • Kom Ombo Temple

    A temple built twice over, side by side, for the crocodile and the falcon.

    Open 07:00–21:00 · checked 15 September 2026

  • Lake Nasser

    An archive of ancient Nubia that nobody can visit.

  • Nubian Village

    A living Nubian village on the west bank at Aswan, facing the island of Sehel.

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  1. Day 6Travel to Nile & AswanFlight option: a flight via Cairo. Allow extra time for airports and transfers.See day
  2. Day 7Aswan Felucca to Elephantine and the Botanical GardenSuggested · About 2 hoursA slow afternoon on the river at the first cataract, where Egypt used to end.See day
  3. Day 8Kom Ombo and Edfu Day Tour from AswanSuggested · Full day · about 8 hoursTwo temples the Ptolemies built in the old Egyptian way, part of how Egypt kept reimagining eternity under Greek rule: Kom Ombo for a crocodile and a falcon, and Edfu for Horus, joined each year by Hathor sailing south from Dendera.See day
  4. Day 9Philae Temple, the Unfinished Obelisk and the High DamSuggested · About 4.5 hoursThree stops that explain Aswan's great works, ancient and modern.See day
  5. Day 10Departure dayPlanned around your flight
9 nights · 3 places0 chosen · 9 days openShow the trip so far
Egypt from orbit · NASA Terra/MODIS · positions approximate
  1. Cairo & Giza2 nights
  2. The Red Sea3 nights
  3. Nile & Aswan4 nights

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